About the Position: This permanent full-time position, in Medicine Hat, AB,
works with a team of professionals to support children and youth in a community
group home. Utilizing the Teaching Family Model as a holistic approach, you will
facilitate success for children and youth by assisting with day to day
activities and routines, maintaining a structured setting, fostering skill
development, managing crises, ensuring high levels of supervision to promote
safety, and assisting with schoolwork and household duties.
Responsibilities:
- Assisting with day to day activities and routines, visits and appointments
- Implementing skill development strategies, managing crises and assisting with
school difficulties
- Focusing on interconnectedness, including family kinship, academics,
recreation and community inclusion
- Supporting children and youth with strategies to enhance their mental,
physical, emotional and spiritual well-being, and to increase their sense of
belonging
- Completing day to day household tasks such as cooking, cleaning and other
duties as required
- Transporting youth to and from school, appointments or visits
- Adhere to workplace protocols regarding animals in group homes, including
reporting any allergy risks or concerns
Qualifications:
- A diploma or degree in a related field is preferred and previous experience
working with vulnerable children and families is an asset; a combination of
education and experience will be considered
- Experience working in Community Group Care or other “in-care” programs
(preferred)
- Experience providing trauma-informed, family-sensitive and culturally
responsive care
- Willing to work an unstructured work week, including evenings, weekends and
holidays
- A valid Alberta Driver’s License, reliable vehicle for work purposes,
adequate and current insurance and willing to provide a Driver’s Abstract
upon hire.
- A Police Information Check with a Vulnerable Sector Search and an
Intervention Record Check must be completed prior to commencement.
- Ability to manage a crisis situation in a therapeutic manner, and, if
necessary, intervene physically in a manner that reduces the risk of harm.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and ability to
effectively communicate with and relate to people of all ages
- Detail oriented and organized, able to manage multiple priorities at the same
time
- Eager to learn and carry out the principles and philosophy of Closer to Home
and the Teaching Family Model
- Compassionate individual with a positive, empathetic and relational approach
Required Competencies: All positions at Closer to Home Community Services
require (5) competencies: Instills Trust, Person Focus, Communicates
Effectively, Situational Adaptability and Ensures Accountability.
Closing Date: Until suitable candidate is found
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an
interview will be contacted.
For more information on our organization, please visit our website
at www.closertohome.com [http://www.closertohome.com/].
Other titles for this role: Child & Youth Counselor, Community service
worker, Group home worker, Youth worker, Residential counselor.
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge that
we are gathered on the ancestral lands of the Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot
Confederacy), which is comprised of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani and Amskapi
Piikani Nations, and the shared territories of the Tsuut’ina Nation and Iyarhe
Nakoda Nations, all of whom are the original signatories of the Blackfoot Treaty
7 in Southern Alberta. We also recognize Mohkinstsis (Calgary) as a home to
members of the Metis Settlements and communities within Alberta.
